emmy the great used to be in a band. Then one day the band stopped showing up to rehearsals. And when she bumped into the band at college or at Sainsbury’s, her band would go, “look! Frank Sinatra!” and scarper. So emmy took the logical course of action and watched so much telly she actually became a family of jellyfish. Musically, this has been a great improvement. Socially, however, its been a nightmare. the early songs were constructed during a particularly trying time when she listened to 'after hours' by the velvet underground, 'the saturday boy' by billy bragg and 'i think i need a new heart' by the magnetic fields almost exclusively. these first efforts can be heard on the website www.emmythegreat.com, the new stuff you will have to hear on the night.